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The shark species "Smoothback angelshark"

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Smoothback angelshark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Angelsharks (Squatiniformes)
Family:
Angelsharks (Squatinidae)
Genus:
Squatina
Names
Scientific:
Squatina oculata
English:
Smoothback angelshark
German:
Weichrückiger Engelhai
French:
Ange de mer ocelle
Spanish:
Pez angel
Vulnerability
Category: Critically Endangered (CR)
Criteria: A2bcd+3cd
Last evaluated: 2019
Trend: Decreasing




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